San Francisco Symphony

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony / [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2013-07-09

Conductors: Tilson Thomas, Michael
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - San Francisco Youth Orchestra, Live at the Berlin Philharmonie

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2013-07-09

Conductors: Cabrera, Donato
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Erin Wall, Kendall Gladen, William Burden, Nathan Berg. Michael Tilson Thomas, San Franciso SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2013-04-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the GRAMMY® award-winning San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus in an all-new recording of Beethoven's monumental Symphony No.9. From...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Franciso, CA (06/27/2012-06/30/2012)....continue...

American Mavericks / Cowell: "Synchrony" Piano Concerto; Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Varèse: Amériques / Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Cowell: Synchrony of Dance, Music, Light, for orchestra (aka "Orchesterstück; Concerto for piano & orchestra, HC 440; Lou Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra; Edgard Var...
Performers: Denk, Jeremy; Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

This recording by Michael Tilson Thomas and the GRAMMY® award-winning San Francisco Symphony features stunning live recordings from the SFS's wildly successful American Mavericks...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco War Memorial and Pe....continue...

San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Mach...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In September 2011, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launched the Orchestra's milestone Centennial Season with a celebratory gala concert at Davies Symphony...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: HD DVD, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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San Francisco Symphony at 100. SF Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Mach...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 148 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7; Leonore Overture No. 3 / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-06-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This release from Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No.7 coupled with the Leonore Overture No.3. One of...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/14/2011-09/17/2011); Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (10/07/2010-10/09/2010)....continue...

Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2012-03-13

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

This recording represents the latest chapter in the long time collaboration between composer John Adams and Michael Tilson Thomas. Here, MTT and the San Francisco...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Michelle De Young, mezzo soprano

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-12-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Performers: Barantschik, Alexander; DeYoung, Michelle; Fischthal, Glenn; Lawrence, Mark
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

One of the fi nest and most critically acclaimed releases in Michael Tilson Thomas' award-winning Mahler cycle with the San Francisco Symphony, the third is...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Extending the legacy of their award-winning and critically acclaimed Mahler cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have begun reissuing the recordings, maintaining...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (09/19/2001-09/23/2001)....continue...

Mahler Cycle

17 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-10-11

SFS Media presents The Mahler Project - a deluxe, seventeen SACD set featuring all of the label's highly acclaimed recordings of music by Gustav Mahler,...continue...

Mahler: Origins & Legacy / Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-05-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 9 in D major
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

From the sounds outside his bedroom window - a kind of sonic goulash of military marches, ethnic dance bands, church bells and nature itself -...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese...continue...

Mahler: Origins & Legacy / Michael Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-05-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 9 in D major
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

From the sounds outside his bedroom window - a kind of sonic goulash of military marches, ethnic dance bands, church bells and nature itself -...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, Spanis...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Piano Concerto No. 4

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-02-08

Following closely on the heels of their seven GRAMMY® Award winning Mahler cycle, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony turn to Beethoven with...continue...

Ives: Concord Symphony; Copland: Organ Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2011-02-08

Works: Henry Brant: A Concord Symphony, for orchestra (after Charles Ives' Concord Sonata); Aaron Copland: Symphony for Organ & Orchestra
Performers: Jacobs, Paul [Organ]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Always staunch supporters of American composers, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a fascinating new program of music by Charles Ives and...continue...

Mahler: Songs with Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-09-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

The San Francisco Symphony's Grammy-winning Mahler recording cycle, launched in 2001 on its own SFS Media label, comes to a close this season with this...continue...
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (05/30/2002-05/31/2002)....continue...

Ives: Holidays Symphony

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (2005-09-17&2007-11-30&2007-)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (11/27/2007-11/30/2007)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco (05/13/2004-05/15/2004)....continue...

Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring; Firebird Suite Excerpts

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California (09/22/2004-09/23/2004)....continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2010-01-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson

Keeping Score is much more than a critically acclaimed PBS television series - it is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long...continue...
Recording information: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA (12/05/2007-12/06/2007)....continue...

Keeping Score - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"I feel, therefore I am." For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Charles Ives: Holidays
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the...continue...
Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"I feel, therefore I am." For Hector Berlioz, and for the Romantic Movement, those were more than words; they were a song of the heart....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich may have hidden a subversive cipher beneath the surface of his life-saving Symphony No. 5. This is all the more shocking since another bad...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
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Keeping Score - Ives: Holidays Symphony / San Francisco Symphony / Tilson Thomas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-11-10

Works: Charles Ives: Holidays
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ranging from tender sentiment to savage chaos, the music of early 20th-century composer Charles Ives explores an essentially American riddle: how can we survive the...continue...
Run Time: 111 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8, Adagio from Symphony no 10 / Michael Tilson Thomas, et al

2 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-08-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Claycomb, Laura; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Heever, Elza van den; Karneus, Katarina; Kelsey, Quinn; Morris, James; Naef, Yvonne; Wall, Erin
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas have won Grammy Awards for previous Mahler symphonies in this cycle. This one, with its "chorus of...continue...

Tilson Thomas / San Francisco SO / A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein - Opening Night at Carnegie Hall, 2008 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-01-13

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Mass; A Quiet Place
Performers: Ebersole, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and Laureate Conductor from 1969 to 1990, Leonard Bernstein brought his own particular New...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Thomas, Skelton, Hampson, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2008-09-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Skelton, Stuart
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"The playing of the San Francisco Symphony, too, is of the highest quality, fulfilling the needs of the interpretation extremely well... With fine soloists, captured...continue...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2007-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Leiferkus, Sergei; Shaguch, Marina; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Chorus

For the benefit of the collectors and MTT fans everywhere, the San Francisco Symphony label is pleased to bring back this essential Mahler recording, now...continue...

Keeping Score - Copland. SFSO/Tilson Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-12-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In this DVD, Michael Tilson Thomas explores Copland's break from the imported, much imitated music of Dvorak and Mahler, and the startling development of his...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Beethoven. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Not all revolutions are political - some overturn artistic conventions. Beethoven's 'Eroica' challenged the accepted notions of music as a kind of decorative background and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Keeping Score - Stravinsky. Tilson Thomas/San Francisco SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-11-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

In 1913, with Europe on the brink of war, a fashionable Parisian audience reacted with hostile frenzy to the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's new work,...continue...
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Mahler: Symphony no 5 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2006-10-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"Tilson Thomas and the SFS are unflinching in their exploration of the work, with playing that is breathtaking in both its virtuosity and interpretive command......continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 7 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-10-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"This performance reminded me of my first encounter with this symphony - Leonard Bernstein's New York Philharmonic recording of 1966 (still my sentimental favorite -...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-04-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"an amazingly moving and cogent interpretation... Sonically this set is impressively engineered both in stereo and SACD multichannel surround formats... There's no question that the...continue...

Keeping Score - Mtt On Music. Sf Symphony/Thomas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2005-03-08

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"The live performance of the symphony is beautifully shot and edited, making full use of the widescreen canvas and 5.1 surround sound... the sonics are...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"An eloquently tragic Sixth the SFS strings dig very deep to produce a dark, throaty tone of startling vehemence. Ardently played and generously phrased." -Gramophone....continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

2 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"...a powerful, cogent, and superbly played performance of the Resurrection Symphony chock-full of interesting and persuasive interpretive ideas... mezzo Loraine Hunt Lieberson, who has much...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 Super Audio CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2004-11-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Barantschik, Alexander; Bennett, William [Oboe/English Horn]; Claycomb, Laura; Freimuth, Ben; Giacobassi, Julie Ann; McKee, Robin; Paulson, Stephen; Ward, Robert
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"After a terrific First Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas' ongoing Mahler cycle with his San Francisco players really hits its stride with this latest release, one...continue...